PoetDerrick Harriellwill visit Beloit Collegeto read from his new collection,Ropes (Aquarius Press, 2013). The public reading, in addition to a craft talk, will take place at 7 p.m. in the courtyard of theWright Museum of Art.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Harriell worked as an assistant poetry editor forThird World Pressand is currently the poetry editor forThe Cream City Review. A 2009 Pushcart nominee, his poems have appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.Cotton(Aquarius Press, 2010) is his first collection of poems.

Ropesexplores the lives of historic African American fightersJack Johnson,Joe Louis,Joe Frazierand Mike Tyson, including their roles as fathers, brothers, husbands and activists.